It may become necessary to temporarily disable the cluster software on a cluster member. For example, if a cluster member experiences a hardware failure, you may want to reboot that member, but prevent it from rejoining the cluster to perform maintenance on the system.

Use the /sbin/chkconfig command to stop the member from joining the cluster at boot-up as follows:

# chkconfig --level 2345 rgmanager off
# chkconfig --level 2345 gfs off
# chkconfig --level 2345 clvmd off
# chkconfig --level 2345 cman off

Once the problems with the disabled cluster member have been resolved, use the following commands to allow the member to rejoin the cluster:

# chkconfig --level 2345 rgmanager on
# chkconfig --level 2345 gfs on
# chkconfig --level 2345 clvmd on
# chkconfig --level 2345 cman on

You can then reboot the member for the changes to take effect or run the following commands in the order shown to restart cluster software: